The Jamaica Tallawahs and the Trinidad and Tobago Red Steel will both be looking to recapture their early tournament form as the Limacol Caribbean Premier League reaches the semi-final stage.

Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo will go head to head today at Warner Park, St. Kitts to decide which team will face the challenge of playing Denesh Ramdin's Guyana Amazon Warriors tomorrow. Today's match begins at 3 p.m. (Ja time).

The stakes are high as the prize for the winners will be to battle against the Barbados Tridents in the final on Saturday.

Jamaica Tallawahs captain, Chris Gayle, feels that the chance to go up against his friend Dwayne Bravo will be all the incentive he needs to play himself back into form and help his team beat the Red Steel.

"I actually blame (Dwayne) Bravo for us being in this position in the first place by losing to the Hawksbills at the weekend, and I always regain my form when I face him so I am looking forward to the challenge of playing the Red Steel. We have the quality to get the job done, and I back my team to get the results and come out on top."

Tallawahs coach, Mickey Arthur, said he had expected some slip-ups as the tournament is fairly long.

"In a tournament this long, you are always going to have a couple of hiccups along the way and we have had ours in the later stages which is not ideal as it can affect confidence levels going forward," Arthur said.

Red Steel's coach, Simon Helmot said his team is very confident going into today's match.

"We are not going into this game in great form, but we are a good team, well led by Dwayne Bravo, and I am confident we will demonstrate the type of form and attacking cricket we showed earlier in the tournament," Helmot said.

He added: "We have two of the CPL's most exciting cricketers in Nicholas Pooran and Evin Lewis so we will be looking to do well and reach the final."